The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-22
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the Hanlin College. while Prince Chu'un has
written collection of verse In which ne mas
described the novel objects that he saw Ii his
tour through China last year.
In Salem, Mass, the other Sunday, nr. Bolles,
of the Universalst church, preached in the
Baptist church, and Dr. Bishop, of the Methodist
church, preached in DR.. BOlles' churcN. Both
gentlemen preached from the text, For now
we see through a glass darky, but then I ace 10
face "
A Boston MAN, after getting on a Brooklyn
| street car, discovered that he had no change
less than $50 bill. The conductor lent him his
fare and the man took his name and address.
Next week the conductor received check for
| s. from the Boston man in appreciation OF his
kindness in lending the nickel.
AN American in London says that the in
creased popularity and growth in number of the
large hotels are noticeable feature Of change
during the last ten years The business advan-
tage of q large hotel has been learned from
Americans, and the big taverns" which were
once an object OF ridicule, are now quite COM
mon.
COUNT HoCHBERG, manager Of the royal thea
tres at Berlin, has just made an arrangement
which might be advantageously copied else
where He has secured the services of three
wellknown artists, Bracht, Dielitz and Heyden,
who are to be consulted with reference to the
scenic arrangements whenever new opera or
| play is placed on the stage.
called the Sight Seers'' 1t is walking club,
with no initiation fees and no dues, the only
| QuiSte being that each member BRING his lunch
| on the regular weekly tramps. The club re-
| Gently assembled Mount TaInalpais, from which
| one may overlook San francisco and the sur
| rounding country for fifty miles.
| AN old German farmer living about ten miles
back of Sebewaing, Mich, has a wildcat for
pet. 1t was caught when very young, but has
| now been the familiar friend of the farmer for
| eight years. 1t follows him like dog, and is
truly loyal, with but one exception, and that is
that he dotes on chickens This is. slightly of
| set by the fact that be can kill moro rats than
| thousand tame cats.
The lady artists have recently been giving
| masked ball in the city of Munich, which was
attended by 600 ladies. Gentlemen were re-
| fused admission, nevertheless we are tod that
| they had a merry time of it. A large proper
| tiOn of the guests appeared in gentlemen COS
| tune, as officers, etc. Asmay be naturally sup
posed, the waters and other attendants all be
| lOnged to the fair sex.
THE District Commissioners at Washington
have decided that no more fire alarms shall be
| rung from church or tower bells, and that bells
on street car horses shall be prohibited. They
argue that fire alarm bells are worse than use
| less. exciting the people, and drawing crowds
| that interfere with the firemen; and that the
| bells on the car horses make unnecessary noise,
| and do not prevent accidents
| DURING a thunder storm at Hazelton, Pa,
| lightning struck penknife in the hands of
| High Sheriff Zierdt who was bathing in a tub.
| When he recovered consciousness he found
| nothing but small splinters of the tub he had
| been bathing in and the water 1t contained was
| equally distributed over the floor, as If done
! with a mop in the hands of a ScrubwOman.
| The metal in the knife was melted. No other
| evidence that the lightning had entered the
| room could be found.
| S1xTEEN-YEAR-oLD CHARLOTTE MCKAY, of
| bod anti cha of pr
small brothers and sister, and of the household
as well, her mother being in an insane asylum.
| She is nervous child, and the work was too
much for her frail body. A day or two ago
| neighbor thought Charlotte did wrong, and
| threatened 70 tell her father and have her
| whipped The threat resulted in the girls try
| ing to kill herself by swallowing poison. She
| was discovered in time and her life saved
THE Sultan of Johore has wonderful palace
near Singapore. Its wealth and beauty rival
| the Arabian Nights tales splendor; and he is
| always willing to show his marvels to the many
| strangers touching at his shore. He entertains
| bis guests at meals with food served in golden
| vessels which service cost 800 600. The regalia
| he wears is valued at $500 900. a sword Queen
| Victoria presented cost the neat sum of $4,000
| and he delights to dazzle the eyes of his en-
| chanted spectators with these wondrouS visions
| of wealth
| REV. DR.. ToRsEY, of Lewiston, Me-, says that
| once he went to marry couple On arriving at
| tendance The bride was alarmingly ILL., IF
| you can marry these people in five minutes, you
may do it, said the physician. You hold her
| pulse and Ill hold the WATCH said DR..
| Jersey. Il performed the ceremony" said Dr.
| Jersey" and on concluding, looked at my watch
and found had been eighty seconds perform
ing the ceremony. The groom handed me $40
and retired"
THERE is a bad coon in Brockville, Canada It
| recently attacked a SOW with litter of pigs
| off, hos CHI
| uproar attracted squad Of other hogs, which
| rushed to the sow S assistance and succeeded in
! driving the coon away The latter, however
after abandoning the contest, stood, bristles up
| sulkily watching the hogs, whereupon a woman
who was looking on threw stick at him. To
her establishment the animal at once pounced
| upon her and began tearing her dress to pieces
After much exertlon she succeeded in beating
him off.
| A DEs MONIES UA.) MAN, while chopping big
block of ice, noticed embedded in its very centre
a black object which appeared to be a small
| stick. Upon breaking the ice at that point
however, it was found to be a worm about three
| inches long, encirclcd with yellow rings. When
| exposed 10 the sun it lay dormant for a while
| and then crawled off, greatly to the surprise of
the neighbors who had gathered around. No
| record of the existence of an .'ice worm" is to
| he found. and the owner of this new specimen
is waiting for enlightenment on the subject of
his discovery.
A DISTINGUISHED Clergyman once asked the
head of the New York Police Department
whether the report was true that he was opposed
to capital punishment for the crime of murder
| Ar. Kennedy's reply was clear and strong:
| should the Legislature of New York ever abol-
! ism capital punishment in this State should re-
| gard the vicinity of this city as a very unsafe
| place as a residence, or even to visit. | should
| bid the locality a final adieu.n The supern-
tendent added, that when the lion shall eaC
straw like the OK, be may change his mind
| but not till then.
DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK ELIJAH MANN, Of
Louisville, has the bad habit of playing policy.
! The other night, after hours of restlessness, he
fen asleep and dreamed that he was in a policy
shop, where the numbers were being chalked
! down as they came out. The man at the black
! board had written al, -, H." when Mr. Mann
| suddenly Gwoke He got up at once and started
for policy shop, and put SIS upon the numbers
which he had seen in his dream He took a
! row as it is called, with the numbers H. 49,
| H. playing 50 gig, IS saddle - and 81 80
! each that the numbers would either come out
| in the first nine drawn or in the last nine twelve
| being the entire number to come out. The
! three lucky numbers were chalked upon the
| board at the midday drawing in the first nine
! For his gig he got $1,000, for his three sad
dies $40 % each, or Sl39 IS in the aggregate
and, as the numbers came out in the first nine
| Sl,2jO additional, making total Of S2,3s5 05.
The beginning of the modern art education
movement in the United States can be as def
nitely assigned to the year 1870, says l. Edwards
! Clarke in the american Mdgdzine for Aug1lst